Loaf-maker for bread.



T. H. WILLIAMS.

LOAF MAKER FOR BREAD.

uruoulon TILED 001 .5, 1907.

90 1 ,577 I V Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

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4. K 27/ E W' UNITED STATES THOMAS ll. \i'lLLl'AMS, OF llOOl) RIVER,OREGON.

LOAF-MAKER FOR BREAD.

Specification of Letters Patent Application filed. October 5, 1907.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Serial No. 395,998.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'Tnouxs H. WILLIAMS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Hood River, in the county ofWasco and State of Oregon, ha ve invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Loaf-li Iakers of bread by the old method.

Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus wherebyallthe loaves will be of neat shape and of the same size.

\Yith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which z- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal-sectionthereof, taken on the line AA. of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan view of themachine. Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken substantially on the linell B, of Fig. and looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of one of the parts.

I-le'lerring to the drawing in detail, my improved loaf maker comprisesa frame or casing 1, of any suitable shape, and preferably formed ofsheet metal. Near the top of main frame 1 is secured an auxiliary frame2, of rectangular or box like section. lVithin this frame 2 are mountedrollers 3, 4, and over these rollers extend an endless belt 5. Apartition 6 extends across the frame 2 between the rollers, and servesas a support for the upper stretch of the belt. A sprocket wheel 7, issecured to the shaft of one of the rollers. Guides 8 are located withinthe frame 2 aboye the belt, and so disposed as to form a passage betweenthem- ..selves, the top'of the frame, and the belt.

The outer ends of the guides are bent out wardly so as to form a flaringmouth to said passage.

Mounted upon a shaft 10, disposed centrally in the main frame 2, is adrum 9, provided with a pair of radial flanges, 11. On the outside ofthe frame, the shaft 10 carries a sprocket wheel 12, and a handle 13,and a chain ltoperatively connects the sprocket wheels 7 and 10. Ifdesired, power may be employed for driving the drum, instead of thehandle Extending partly around the drum 9, is a curved plate 15, fillingthe space between the two walls of the frame 2, and secured thereto bymeans of brackets, 18. A pair of curved guide plates 16 are secured tothe plate 15, and provided with outwardly flaring, extended ends. Itwill thus beobserved that the curved plate 15, drum 9, and guide 16,serve to form a passage having a hopper shaped month at its upper end. Aplurality of ribs 17, are formed on the inside of the curved plate 15,for a purpose hereinafter described. 1

The operation of the machine is as follows; the drum being rotatedeither by hand or power connnunicates motion to'the rollers and belt bymeans of the sprocket chain 14. Lumps of dough of the proper size arefed in between the guides S, at the outer end of the auxiliary frame 2,and are carried inward by the heltbeing rolled along, and therebyformed' into a round, cylindrical shape. \Vhe'n the partially formedloaves rcaclrthe innerend of the top stretch of the belt, they fallthcrefron'i on to the drum 1), and are carried by this into the passageformed by the guides 16. The rolling m0- tron imparted to the lumps ofdough by the action of the drum is equivalent to the usual working orkneading, and serves to compact them. As the dough is carried around bythe drum, it is brougl'it into close contact with the ribs 17. In fact,it is forced pastthem with considerable pressure and this serves toexpel the contained gases the same as the usual manual squeezing. Theformed loaves are finally delivered from the -machine at 19.

TL will thus be seen that l have provided a very simple and etfectheloaf former or maker, and it is thought the numerous ad- I transverserlbs projecting from the inside 10 vantages thereof will bereadilyappreciated I of said plate, and extending across said by thoseskilled in the art. l passage.

What'I claim is In testimony whereof 'I'afiix my signa- 5 A loaf makerconiprisingarotatable drum, ture, in presence of two witnesses.

an are shaped plate partly surrounding the THOMAS H. WILLIAMS. same andspaced apart therefrom so as to Witnesses: form a passage through whichdough is TRUMAN BUTLER,

adapted to travel, and a plurality of fixed, ALTON V. ONTHANK.

